Match holder and igniter.



1l N. CAYO. MATCH HOLDR AND IGNITE.

APPLICATION FILED MAII. I4. 119m.

151293,03?.` Patented Feb. 4, 1919.V

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STATES PATENT einen.

JULIUS N. CAYO, F GARY, INDIANA.

MATCH HOLDER AND IGNITER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4., 1919.

Application led March 14, 1918.' Serial N o. 222,373.

To all f'w-homlz't may concern l Beit known that I, JULIUS N. CAYO, acitizen of the 'United States, yresiding at Gary, inthe county of `Lakeand State of- Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Match Holders and l Igniters, of whichthe following'is aspeciication. v

My'. invention relatesto improvements 1n matchholdersand igniters. V.

One-'of the objects of my inventionis to provide a match. holder andigniter arranged to present a series of matches 4convenient of accessand soconstructed as to automatically ignite the match by the' act ofwithdrawingI it from the holder.

-Another 'object of my invention is to pro,- vide convenient .meanswhereby `the match 'holding "containers may quickly be filled withmatches to replenish those used.

Other and further objects of my invention.

will become readily apparent 'toy p ersons skilled in the art,I from aconsideration'of the, following description when taken inconjunction-with the drawings, wherein Figure 1 is an elevationof oneform of the device, showing parts vin section.

Fig. 2 is .a plan view thereof wlth parts A broken away.

Fig. 3 .is a'n enlarged transverse section taken on line 3.-'3 'of Fig.4. 'Fig 4 is a perspective view of one of the match-holding clipsremoved fromthe base.

In all theviews the same referenceehar- :1c-ters vare employed toindicate similarl .1 I n .the embodiment' herewith. illust-rated 1nthedrawings, the clip-holding base is re`c.

bottom or yoke end, the sides being4 brought y nearer together at itsconfronting ends, as

shown, to grasp thematch ,nearest its midportion4 or'upper end. Theclips. when removed, are 'resiliently held open lby-'the 1nherentkelasticl tension of the metal, and are yieldingly pressed together wheninserted vbel placed.

in narrower slots orfgrooves i'n the clip holder.

In the act of lighting Ia match, it .isfdr-awnl upwardly through theclip. At the nar rowest space between the' clip. members, and

ljust beforethe lmatch 'leaves the clip, 'it' makes contact with asuitable match igniting agency. which isy pre/sented by this'- partofthev clip, and which may bc of a chemical lor mechanical nature. l

In the particu-lar embodiment the quadri- 'lateral pyramid 5 'anditsclip-holding parts are made of a single piece. The structure may be castin the ordinary-'way of 'a crude or relatively cheap material, such ascas-t 1ron,"or the like,.and iinished,to suit circ`umstances, or it maybe' dic-cast,lorl made-of a plastic 'materyial, such as porcelain. Oneach of its sides it contains a ledge 6, around which may .be'presented' lettering, .for the purposekof advertising, and anothersimilar ledge 7, and thereabove, a third ledge ,8. In 'the uppersurface, 9, ther-eis a depression 10, for .containing an 'ash-,receivingcup`1l. The cup ispreferablymade separable yso that it may be removedand its contents emptied 'without ,the necessity I`of inverting the bodyportion of the clip :holding device A series ot'.- grooves, or taperingslots, .12 and 13,'are ,provided on each side of the holding device,suc-h grooves being larger'or wider atthe bottom, ,as more clearly`shown 'in Fig. l.- 'The grooves 13 are made in the terrace 8, -whileythe grooves 12 are made in the terrace .7, and each of the grooves 4is'provided at each of its endswith tapered vregistering openings 14. lheseopenings .are tapered outwardly so that the clips 15 may easily and'conveniently be inserted in either end of the grooves, by enteringthem.

first in the Openings 14. The clips are as long, substantially, as thelmain portion of Ithe respective grooves in which theyv are to The clipsare 4each made of 'a strip of resilient1 sheet' metal or equivalentmaterial, bent upon itself to form confronting wallsor legs 17 and`18,andan intermediate enlarged -yokeorbase portion 19. lhis base portion is.wider than the upper portion of the clip structure. or, in otherAwords, the legs or walls -17 and 1 8 `diverge from their. closestapproximating upper edges toward the bottom. -The natural resilien'cy ofthe clip, when formed, and when' not restrained, separates the legs 1 7and 18 from each other, so asl to 'leave considerable room therebetweenfor insertion of the matches 20, asshown in F ig. 3. When the 'clips are4placed 4:n the grooves 1i or 13, the grooi es, being narrower at'theirtop edges than the clip at the contacting surfacetheremecl'iai'iicalnature for the ordinary sulfurv match. v

l'Vhen theclipsare taken from the respective grooves to be filled withmatches, they automatically spread apart for convenient filling, and arethen inserted into the tapered openings 11 prior t'o pushingltheni intothe registering grooves. The openings 14, be-

ing tapered, will naturally compress the base portion of the clip, so asto bring the legs li' and 18 closer together against tlieresilientresistance of the metal itself intocontact with opposite surfaces of thematches 20.

-Now it, will be manifest, that when the matches are seized by theirupper ends and drawn, one by one, from the clips, that the head 23 ofthe match will be brought into contact with the igniting surfaces 21,thereby igniting the match just about'the time when it leaves the clip.

bodily displacement or removal of the clip when the match isliftedupwardly for the purpose of ignitingvand extracting it.

In Fig. 4, a match is seen as it is lifted from the clip, showing itignited. When the matches are placed in the clips, their heads rest uponthe bottom surface thereof,

as shown, and When they are lifted out of the clips, they are notlighted until the head of the lifted match isconsiderably above theposition 'of the heads of the undisturbed matches remaining in the clip,so that there is no danger or possibility of igniting the matchesremaining by the effect of the one that, at the time, isdrawn from theclip;

After the clips have been withdrawn and filled with matches, it is onlynecessary to slightly con'lpress one end near its base', and insert thatend into one of the tapered openings 14, -and then bypushing, it willreadily enter into the grooves 12 or 13, in either of Awhich it isintended to be received.

The device, as shown in the'accompanying drawings, will hold in theneighborhood vof 200 matches, which are adapted to be ignited as theyare withdrawn from vthe match in the clips.

4 The device, as a whole, may be used for advertising purposes, asindicated by the advertising matter placed upon the ledge 6, and otheradvertising matter, if desired, could be placed upon the ledge 9.

The device `is 4intended especially for cigar stores, billiard halls,restaurants, and the like, although they may be made 'in ,differlarcharacter and arrangement of the parts,

measured by the scope of the appended c aims.

its only 'limitation bein Having described my invention, what I claimis: f

'1. A device of the character described comprising a basemember having agroove wider at its bottom than at its top, `and ,a match holding clipcomprisin two op ositely disposed resilient wa s, norma y spread apartand wider at the base part than the base part of the groove, said cliphaving a match igniting agency near the uppler inner ends of the iwall,w ereby when t e clip is inserted in the groove the walls ofthe groovewill be pressed together to engage the matches inthe Yclip.

2. In combination with a compressible 'match-holding clip for containinga rowof matches. andhav'ing a match-igniting surface near its-free end,a clip holdin base having a l:relatively narrow and allow groove taperedfrom bottom to top so as to be wider at' the bottom than at the top toengage the sides of the clip near the bottom thereof tc compress theclip against the stems of- .the matches, said base aving an outwardlytapered' openii'ig leading to said l groove to facilitate the'insertion' of said clip on each side, one above the other, each ledgehaving a U-shaped groove narrower at its top than at its bottom andhavin an outwardly tapering opening leading into these grooves, eachgroove being narrower than the normal width of the bottom part of itsrespective clip so that when the clipl is inserted it will engage thesides thereof near the bottom to compress the clip against the stems ofthe matches.

ei. A device of the character described inlcluding in combination a basemember of substantially rectangular shape, having a each, groove, ,a

I plurality of ledges on 'each side, one above the other and having acentral depression,

tom'and having an -opening leadinfr into y plurality of compressiile U-Shaped match holding clips, cachone' adapted tocontain a row of matchesand having match *igniting surfaces near their upper lo ends', eachgroove being narrower than the normal widthof the bottom part,l of itslrespeotive'clip so that when the clip is insei-ted it will engage thesides thereof -near the bottom tocompress .the clip against' .the stemsof the matches, the clips holding the matches in a plurality of' rows indifferent planes. l I

In testimony whereof' I hereunto set my hand. l

JULIUS N. CAYO.

